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As the world prepares for the moon to completely cover the sun next week, brands are elbowing to get their eclipse-themed promotions in front of you. From chocolate-glazed donuts to luxury campsites, major companies are doing their best to commercialize the rare astronomical phenomenon. SEE ALSO: 20 questions you're too embarrassed to ask about the solar eclipse Next Monday will herald the first total solar eclipse visible from the U.S. since 1979&#8212;and the first one in a century to span the width of the entire contiguous United States&#8212;as the moon blots out the sun and casts a&hellip;

Competing with Alexa and Google&#x2019;s Assistant isn&#x2019;t easy, but Apple is moving to broaden Siri&#x2019;s reach and expand its knowledge about you. Siri has changed quite a lot since its humble beginnings as a question-answering app that Apple acquired in 2010 and built into its phones, starting with the iPhone 4s in 2011. Under pressure from competing digital assistants from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and others, Apple is getting more creative about leveraging artificial intelligence to broaden Siri&#x2019;s skill set.Read Full Story

There's a common mistranslation that causes us trouble. We say, "I am afraid," as if the fear is us, forever. We don't say, "I am a fever" or "I am a sore foot." No, in those cases, we acknowledge that it's a temporary condition, something we have, at least for now, but won't have forever. "Right now, I have fear about launching this project," is quite different from, "I'm afraid."

As the world prepares for the moon to completely cover the sun next week, brands are elbowing to get their eclipse-themed promotions in front of you.
From chocolate-glazed donuts to luxury campsites, major companies are doing their best to commercialize the rare astronomical phenomenon.
SEE ALSO: 20 questions you're too embarrassed to ask about the solar eclipse
Next Monday will herald the first total solar eclipse visible from the U.S. since 1979&#8212;and the first one in a century to span the width of the entire contiguous United States&#8212;as the moon blots out the sun and casts a shadow on the Earth. Read more...More about Solar Eclipse, Eclipse, Nike, Krispy Kreme, and Casper

You would think pube-grooming would be an easy, breezy situation, but you would be absolutely wrong.
A new study has shown a rise in pubic hair grooming-related injuries for U.S. adults, some even resulting in emergency room visits. Who knew such a common primping practice could be so dangerous?
SEE ALSO: Crotch charms to add to your bikini are surely a recipe for disaster
From the results of this study, it seems like a lot of people need to brush up on their bush-maintenance safety. So if you're worried about lacerations from razors and painful wax burns, take a look at these helpful tips and tricks. Read more...More about Watercooler, Grooming, Tips And Tricks, Pubic Hair, and Culture

If you thought FaceTiming with your family was awkward, just wait.
Badoo, the international dating app that boasts somewhere north of 330 million users, today introduced the option to video chat with someone before you commit to meeting up IRL.
This comes on the heels of many of the other major players in the dating app space adding some form of video. Earlier this summer, Hinge added video clips to profiles. Bumble announced a video feature earlier in the year (though it&#8217;s not yet available), and Match recently launched their own video product Stories.
But Badoo&#8217;s version sets itself apart by being a real-time way to actually interact with someone, as opposed to just let them see a recorded version of...

On Tuesday, 28,575 kids around Australia broke a world record by coding on the same day.
It was all for Moonhack, an event for ages 8 to 18 set up by Code Clubs Australia, a network of 1,950 volunteer-led, after-school coding clubs for children.
This year was the first time the event officially expanded internationally from its native Australia, due in part to a strange occurrence which happened after the first Moonhack last year.
SEE ALSO: Tech toys are helping kids learn to code at an early age
"We finished off the night, and midnight had ticked over, so we all went to bed," Code Club Australia General Manager Kelly Tagalan explained before the event. Read more...More about Australia, Kids, Children,...

Naughty Dog's games are too beautiful for your run-of-the-mill screenshots.
The team behind titles like Uncharted and The Last of Us heard the cry from fans for more ways to capture their games' beauty by incorporating a photo mode into their latest addition to the Uncharted series: The Lost Legacy.
The game isn't out yet, but critics and fans are already almost more interested in this single feature than the game itself, overjoyed by the improvements from Uncharted 4's photo mode. Namely, they're losing their minds over the ridiculous facial expressions you can shuffle through at any given moment &#8212; literally. Read more...More about Feminism, Video Games, Naughty Dog, Uncharted, and Uncharted Lost...

Competing with Alexa and Google&#x2019;s Assistant isn&#x2019;t easy, but Apple is moving to broaden Siri&#x2019;s reach and expand its knowledge about you.
Siri has changed quite a lot since its humble beginnings as a question-answering app that Apple acquired in 2010 and built into its phones, starting with the iPhone 4s in 2011. Under pressure from competing digital assistants from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and others, Apple is getting more creative about leveraging artificial intelligence to broaden Siri&#x2019;s skill set.Read Full Story

Clerky is working to smooth the way for companies to imbue their corporate charter with social good.
When Anand Kulkarni was birthing his new startup, Crowdbotics, nine months ago, he knew it had to be a public benefit corporation (PBC). He wanted the business to make money. But he also wanted to make sure the company&#x2019;s workers, customers, and community would be treated fairly. By setting up as a PBC&#x2013;a legal designation that requires businesses to do right by their stakeholders as well as their shareholders&#x2013;he could set down a marker about Crowdbotics&#x2019;s values, he says, and hopefully ensure those values could be maintained over time.Read Full Story

Apple Watch Series 3, reportedly with its own internet connection, will go on sale during the holidays Market research firm NPD says smartwatch ownership will grow 60% by 2019, comprising 15% of U.S. adults The new Apple Watch has gone into the final stages of production testing at Taiwanese manufacturer Quanta and will soon be headed into &#x2026; Continue reading &#x201C;Will the new Apple Watch finally make smartwatches a mainstream thing?&#x201D;
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<li>Apple Watch Series 3, reportedly with its own internet connection, will go on sale during the holidays</li>
<li>Market research firm NPD says smartwatch ownership will grow 60% by 2019, comprising 15% of U.S. adults</li>
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The new Apple Watch has gone into the final stages of production testing...

Fast Company was on the ground at Lollapalooza in Chicago&#x2019;s Grant Park earlier this month. The stacked lineup included Chance the Rapper, Lorde, Tegan and Sara, Run the Jewels, Zara Larsson, and way more. In this special Lolla-themed #TBT, we revisit two artist Q&As in tandem with Red Bull TV. Hippo Campus Fast Company: How do you overcome &#x2026; Continue reading &#x201C;#TBT: Lollapalooza edition with Hippo Campus and Frenship&#x201D;
Fast Company was on the ground at Lollapalooza in Chicago&#x2019;s Grant Park earlier this month. The stacked lineup included Chance the Rapper, Lorde, Tegan and Sara, Run the Jewels, Zara Larsson, and way more. In this special Lolla-themed #TBT, we revisit two artist Q&As in tandem with Red Bull...

This &#x201C;Nathan For You&#x201D; trailer offers several tantalizing glimpses at what the nontraditional marketing expert has planned for season four.
What: The first trailer for the new season of Nathan For You.Read Full Story

Gab, the conservative social network that has acted as a haven for people banned from the usual platforms, has been removed from the Google Play Store for violating the company&#8217;s hate speech policy, the company announced on Twitter. Apple removed it from the App Store in June for similar reasons. Read More

Americans apply for more than 250 million new financial products each year, but the majority of those applications are completed on paper or over the phone. A startup calledÂ Original TechÂ wants to change that by providing white-label software to improve loan applications completed online. Read More

You don&#8217;t have to be rich or T-Pain to be &#8220;on a boat.&#8221; You can rent one plus a captain for the day from Boatsetter. And now it&#8217;s got boats in more than 300 locations around the U.S. since it just acquired rival maritime marketplace Boatbound. Read More

There's a common mistranslation that causes us trouble.
We say, "I am afraid," as if the fear is us, forever. We don't say, "I am a fever" or "I am a sore foot." No, in those cases, we acknowledge that it's a temporary condition, something we have, at least for now, but won't have forever.
"Right now, I have fear about launching this project," is quite different from, "I'm afraid."

Wouldn't that be great?
Great if you could share all your wisdom on a popular podcast, or be featured on Shark Tank? Great if you had a powerful agent or bureau or publisher? Great if you could get admitted to an internship program that would lead to a well-attended gig on the main stage? Great if the CEO figured out just how committed you are and invited you to her office?
The thing about being discovered is that in addition to being fabulous, it's incredibly rare. Because few people have the time or energy to go hunting for something that might not be there.
The alternative?
To be sought out.
Instead of hoping that people will find you, the alternative is to become the sort of person these people...

We can measure it.
For decades, every single year, scientists have visited the Galapagos and measured the beaks of a particular species of finch.
And year after year, with each generation, the beaks change, exactly as we'd expect from the weather patterns of the year before. Evolutionary biology works, and rigorous data collection backs it up.
For hundreds of years, though, science has gotten it wrong about gender, race and ethnicity. Eugenics and its brethren sound simple, but often lead to tragic outcomes.
The sloppy scientist says, "on average, across populations, left to its own devices, this group is [not as skilled] [neurotic] [hard to work with] [not as smart] [not as strong] [slower]" etc. They...

Addiction to substances has been around ever since someone fermented grapes a million years ago. The opioid epidemic is the latest addiction tragedy, brought on by greed and disinformation.
It took longer for behavioral addictions to arrive, but they're just as real.
The ASAM defines it: Addiction is characterized by inability to consistently abstain, impairment in behavioral control, craving, diminished recognition of significant problems with oneâs behaviors and interpersonal relationships, and a dysfunctional emotional response.
The thing is that we treat behavioral addictions differently because sometimes they're seen as a useful, profitable contribution.
We've gotten better, much better, at...

For the jingoistic sign carrier, the impatient shareholder, the late-night goofball and the nascent entrepreneur in search of cash...
We've heard your rants, your threats, your plans. We understand that you are in a hurry for a simple, dramatic, obvious solution to whatever problem you face.
"And then what happens?"
"Has this ever worked before?"
"How is this different (or the same) from those times?"
"What will you do when it doesn't work the way you hoped?"
Innovation is essential, but innovation isn't lazy. It takes insight and patience and experience to bring a new solution to an old problem.
Impatience is not a strategy.
Experience isn't free, but it's valuable.
And history doesn't repeat...

Game on!Image by IDGYou may not have a PlayStation 4, Xbox One, or Nintendo Switch in your house, but if you have the current-gen Apple TV hooked up to your screen, then you really do have a game console ready and waiting to entertain. Just as the Apple TV runs an array of apps, it also offers a pretty sizable selection of gamesâsome of which are even free.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

The G105 gaming keyboardÂ from Logitech features dual-level LED backlighting, fully programmable g-keys for single actions and macros, and anti-ghosting capabilities. Program 3 macros per key -- configure up to 18 unique functions per game.Â Program single keystrokes, complex macros or intricate LUA scripts.Â Record new macros on the fly while you're in the game. The G105 Logitech gaming keyboard is built for serious gaming and its typical list price of $59.99 has been reduced 60% to $23.99. See this deal on Amazon.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

How often do you check temps in your fridge or freezer? With the AcuRite wireless fridge/freezer thermometerÂ you can be sure that your food is being stored at safe temperatures. It displays the refrigerator temperature, freezer temperature and the high / low temperatures recorded for each. An alarm notifies you audibly and visually when temperatures exceed your customizable presets. Especially useful in a power outage, or if you plan to store food in a cooler for an extended period of time. Right now the typical list price on AcuRite's thermometer is discounted 65% to just $13.84. See this deal on Amazon.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

The flowchart for writing an article complaining about e-waste is pretty simple. âDo you want to write an article about e-waste?â has two destinations: âNoâ leads to âENDâ, âYesâ leads to âMake it all about Apple.âWriting for Mashable, Damon Beres details âThe rotten hypocrisy of Appleâs environmental promises.â (Tip oâ the antlers to Brent Dennison and JoJoGabo.)
Your iPhone wonât last forever, even if you want it to.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Developers and organizations alike are looking for a way to have more agility with mobile solutions. There is a desire to decrease the time from idea to test. As a developer, I often run up against one hurdle that can slow down the initial build of a mobile hypothesis: user management.
Over the years, I have built at least three user management systems from scratch. Much of the approach can be based on a boilerplate, but there are always a few key items that need to be customized for a particular client. This is enough of a concern that an entire category of user management, authentication and authorization...

Not all products are created equal. While we repeatedly buy some products almost mindlessly, for others, we take a lot of time to make a purchasing decision. For a price tag that meets a certain threshold or if we are particularly invested in the quality of a product, we want to be absolutely certain that we are making the right choice and are getting a good product for a good price. That's where a feature comparison table makes all the difference.
Feature comparison tables are helpful not only in their primary function, though. When designed properly, they can aid in decision-making way beyond placing product...

Recently, I was leading a training session for one of our clients on best practices for implementing designs using HTML and CSS. Part of our time included a discussion of processes such as style-guide-driven development, approaches such as OOCSS and SMACSS, and modular design. Near the end of the last day, someone asked, âBut how will we know if weâve done it right?â
At first, I was confused. I had just spent hours telling them everything they need to âdo it right.â But after thinking about it, I realized the question was rooted in a deeper need to guide and evaluate what is often a set of subjective...

Editor's Note: This article is targeted at readers experienced in using Google Analytics. If you're new to Analytics, the following guide might be challenging.
Many websites use internal advertising in the form of banners or personalized product recommendations to bring additional products and services to the attention of visitors and to increase conversions and leads.
Naturally, the performance and effectiveness of internal marketing campaigns should be assessed, too, as this is one of the most powerful instruments for generating more leads, more conversions and more revenue on your website. In many cases,...

Creating good user experiences for apps inside messaging platforms poses a relatively new design challenge. When moving from desktop web to mobile interfaces, developers have had to rethink interaction design to work around a constrained screen size, a new set of input gestures and unreliable network connections.
Like our tiny touchscreens, messaging platforms also shake up the types of input that apps can accept, change designersâ canvas size, and demand a different set of assumptions about how users communicate.The post Friendly, Frictionless Work: Best Practices For Enterprise Messaging UX, From Slack...

Sen. Tim Scott added his voice Thursday to the chorus of Republican criticism over President Donald Trump's comments on the racially motivated protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, saying his moral authority was compromised by his statements.

Mastering Layers: Advanced Techniques with Dave Cross
Become more effective using layers in Photoshop! Join Dave Cross as he builds on his previous class to teach you more advanced ways to leverage the power of layers. In this class youâll learn how to use shape-based masks, vector masks, layer comps, advanced layer blending options, powerful ways to use smart objects, and much more. Dave wraps up the class sharing some of his favorite keyboard shortcuts for working with layers that you can implement in your workflow right away.
In Case You Missed It
Join Dave Cross to learn how to become successful using Photoshopâs layers. Aimed at beginners, this class is designed to help you understand what a...

In January 1927, the first ever color photograph taken underwater appeared in National Geographic. The picture introduces us to a hogfish living it up in the Florida Keys, and underwater flash photography was born. Photographer Charles Martin, with an autochrome camera, teamed up with marine biologist Dr. William Longley, and together, they headed to the Florida Keys. The biggest problem they faced was underwater illumination, and they solved it with magnesium flash powder. Thatâs right, explosives! And those of us who remember film days thought developer was nasty!
Credit: Charles Martin and Dr. William Longley
That little hogfish changed the course of photographic history forever. Itâs been ninety...

Hello internets! It&#8217;s that time of week again! #TravelTuesday here on ScottKelby.com is #HybridDaveTuesdays, where I&#8217;ll share some top tips on photography and Photoshop from my background in travel photography. Thanks for your feedback from last weekâI love hearing from you, keep it up!
Now for this week, let&#8217;s have a look at a common theme on Instagram right now. Take a look around and it&#8217;s clear to see that a distinct winner among the top photos in the explore section is photos with crushed blacks. That&#8217;s to say that the black point isn&#8217;t quite black. You only have to check out the likes of @MrWhisper (well worth a follow, a fellow Londonite) to see that the popularity of this technique is standing head...

It&#8217;s one of the hardest things we have to do as photographers â to look at our work and decide whether it&#8217;s a good image or not. Is it good enough to put in my portfolio? Good enough to share with my photo club? Good enough to put on 500px.com, or on Facebook? Is it good enough to enter a competition or submit to a magazine? Can I get client work with this image?
Part of the challenge of evaluating your own images is that you have emotion attached to those images. You see and feel things in that image the rest of the world doesn&#8217;t see. For example, when you look at your image, you might remember:
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<li>How hard it was to create.</li>
<li>How much fun you had the day you took that shot.</li>
<li>Maybe it&#8217;s a type of shot you&#8217;ve...</li></ul>

Happy Friday, everybody! One quick thing, then Photoshop time!
I&#8217;m going back to CaliâŠ
I&#8217;m teaching my Lightroom seminar on Monday in LA, Wednesday in San Francisco, and Friday in Seattle.Â It&#8217;s not too late to come out and join me. :)Â Sunday night I&#8217;m doing a talk at the Canon Experience Center in Costa Mesa. It&#8217;s gonna be a busy week!
Photoshop Buried Treasure Time
I&#8217;ve got another in my series on Photoshop Buried Treasure, and this one is about two little known &#8220;Recently Used&#8221; menus â one for recently used brushes and one for recently used color swatches. Best of all, it&#8217;s all automatic (you just need to know where to look).
If you open the Brush Presets panel (under the Window menu); if you look...

Color adds mood and feeling to an image. Cool colors like blue tend to have a calming feeling, like these 19 images with blue subjects.
By Christian Weidinger
Weekly Photography Challenge &#8211; Blue
This one should be pretty easy. Just go find something blue &#8211; OR even convert an image to black and white and add a blue tint to it!
Another option is to go out at dusk and photograph during the blue hour. Here are some tips to help you do that:
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<li>5 Quick Tips for Better Blue Hour Photography</li>
<li>New Photographer&#8217;s Guide to Blue Hour</li>
<li>5 Reasons Why You Should be Doing Night Photography</li>
<li>How to Get the Correct Exposure at Night with These Helpful Tips</li>
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By Jeff S. PhotoArt at HDCanvas.ca
By ~lzee~by~the~Sea~
By Fiona...

A while back we took a look at images with the primary color of summer, green. Now let&#8217;s have a peek at the color of the night time &#8211; blue.
Of course, there are many other things which are blue as well, as you can see below.
By StudioTempura
By Albert Vuvu Konde
By O. R.G.
By Joao Clerigo
By Maarten Takens
By Bill Dickinson
By Roy Cheung
By nathan_gamble
By Mirai Takahashi
By Stanley Zimny (Thank You for 24 Million views)
By Neil Tackaberry
By Javier DĂ­az Barrera
By Neal Fowler
By Stanley Zimny (Thank You for 24 Million views)
By Maria Eklind
By Tom Roeleveld
By Michiel van Nimwegen
By Ivan Rigamonti
The post 19 Cool Images of Blue Subjects by Darlene Hildebrandt appeared first on Digital Photography...

In the digital era, where perfection seems within our grasp through post-processing and limitless opportunities to reshoot, it&#8217;s easy to get hung up on perfectionism. In some genres, such as product photography, it&#8217;s a necessity. Your commercial client won&#8217;t appreciate blown-out highlights on a shampoo bottle or soft focus on the wheel of a prestige car.
But in many other areas of photography â especially when it comes to your personal projects â letting go of perfectionism can help unleash your creativity and ensure that you don&#8217;t miss important moments.
Beautifully imperfect.
My brush with perfectionism
Earlier this year, my firstborn turned 18 and I wanted to createÂ a slideshow of photos from her...

Let&#8217;s face it&#8230;growing up isnât always easy. There are lots of hurdles to overcome during our journeys as photographers. At one time or another, we all hit rough spots with some aspect of photography. Take heart though, whether itâs a problem with technique, gear, or simply finding your own creative uniqueness, I can personally guarantee that someone else is struggling with that same problem.
But thereâs one situation too often encountered by beginners and even pro photographers alike &#8211; the dreaded âplateauâ. This is a stage that often happens when we feel like our photography has a reached a point where it is no longer improving. Itâs a terrible feeling.
Fortunately, overcoming a photographic...

Monster&#039;s latest team-up isn&#039;t with another star athlete or fellow accessory-maker: it&#039;s with music platform Speak Music Inc., which is lending the company its voice assistant named Melody. Monster says the partnership will add voice control to some...

Engineering students at Arizona State University can opt into an interesting new program meant to give students access to voice-controlled technology while they learn about it in the classroom. Students living in the campus&#039; new engineering residence...

Been green with envy over your pals playing the Quake Champions closed beta? Time to stop being jealous and start working on your rocket jumping because the classic shooter&#039;s revival is moving to Steam&#039;s Early Access on August 22nd, where everyone ca...

On Monday, lots of people are going to head outside and check out the first total solar eclipse to be viewable in the contiguous US since 1979 and the first coast-to-coast one in nearly a century. But Volvo is giving its drivers another option. For t...

Abstract: Think about the reasons behind the color of your lights, and your palette will often take care of itself.When you are placing a light source, it&#39;s pretty normal to ask yourself, "What color should this light be?"If you step back a moment and think, the answer will often present itself. A better question to ask is, "What color would this light be?" Read more Â»

NOTE: The January Cuba trip, our very first X-Pedition, has filled. If you would like to receive early notification of future trips, please click through via the link at the end. -DHThis January I'm leading a small-group trip to Havana, Cuba. It will be the first in a series of X-Peditions for photographers.The last time I was in Havana was 2013, teaching for Santa Fe Workshops. But that was someone else's curriculum. This time the program is ours to design, and we are planning a week of exploring, learning and lots of time behind the camera. __________An Immersive WeekThis is not the typical photo tour group, which invariably ends up as some version of a photo walk with everyone getting versions of the...

Abstract: Don&#39;t just look to still photos for inspiration. Great inspiration also awaits you on your TV.We may think we are getting a good feel for color as photographers. But you know who kicks still photographers&#39; butts every day? Cinematographers, that&#39;s who. Today, a look at some examples from 2010-era Dr. Who, which we have talked about on this blog before. These guys are near and dear to my heart, because they are unabashedly fearless when it comes to using color to manipulate lightâand their viewers. Read more Â»

It can be scary to add a lot of color to your light. But it&#39;s easy to underestimate how much color it takes to transform a scene and set a mood. Don&#39;t be shy. Those gels won&#39;t bite.This nighttime portrait of soprano Alexandra Rodrick was a big step for me. It was made about five years ago, when I was just starting to realize how color-fluid real light could be. I kinda knew it, but I still didn&#39;t have the nerve to actually do it.So I took a deep breath and threw way more blue into the environment than I normally would. And not only did I come out alive on the other side, but I ended up pretty happy. Read more Â»

Abstract: When complementary-gelled lights are falling on the same plane, they can easily rob each other of color. So it is important to make sure your lights are hitting different areas, with minimal overlap. Above is a two-speedlight portrait against a white wall. White walls are the natural enemy of a gel, and practically live to wash out your color. Especially when using two flashes with dense, complementary gels. Knowing how to keep your multi-colored lights operating on different planes will help you retain more saturated color.Let&#39;s walk through the portrait above to get a better look at how our two lights are working separatelyâand togetherâin a variety of ways.Read more Â»

Taiwanese manufacturer Asus is a pioneer in the area of smartphone zoom, and so it does not come as a surprise that its latest flagship model, the ZenFone 4 Pro, comes with a quite impressive looking dual-camera setup that offers 2x zoom capability.
The main sensor in the dual-camera is a 12MP 1/2.55" Sony IMX362 that comes with large 1.4um pixels and sees the world through a fast F1.7 aperture and 4-axis optical image stabilization. In terms of autofocus, Asus bundles PDAF with laser-based time-of-flight technology for reliable performance in all light conditions.
The main camera also comes with a manual mode that allows for up to 32 second shutter speeds, and 120 fps slow-motion video at 1080p...

When Picktorial 3 debuted back in April, it offered "superior support" for Fujifilm X-Trans RAW files, including compressed and uncompressed RAF. This was a big deal, and it has been so well received that Picktorial Innovations, Ltd. has announced another major addition for Fuji users this week: they've added Fuji film simulation color profiles.
Released as a $15 "X-Pack" add-on to Picktorial 3, the preset pack is described as, "a package of pitch-perfect film simulation color profiles for Fujifilm RAF files."
With this unique add-on to Picktorial 3, the simple yet powerful non- destructive RAW photo editing platform for Mac, Fuji photographers can enjoy the renowned look of the Fujifilm...

Whether it's the Walkman, Photoshop or the GoPro, every now and again a product comes along that so perfectly epitomizes the form, that its name is taken to represent the entire category of products (whether its maker likes it or not). For a couple of years, the Flip Video pocket camcorder was just such a device. The dead giveaway being that you can probably picture what I mean by 'Flip Video' but not by the phrase 'pocket camcorder.'
In a manner similar to GoPro, the Flip wasn't necessarily the most technologically innovative product, but it represented a novel arrangement of components in such a way that it heralded a new class of devices. Rather than making you carry around a full-sized camcorder,...

HMD Global, the company behind the Nokia smartphone brand, has launched its long-anticipated Nokia 8 flagship. With a 5.3" QHD IPS display covered in 2.5D Gorilla Glass 5, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset, 4GB of RAM and 64 or 128GB storage options the Android device comes with high-end specification all-around and has a lot to offer in the camera department as well.
HMD says the rear cameras has been developed in collaboration with Zeiss but has not revealed any further detail. The unit features a 13MP RGB sensor with 1.12Â”m pixels, F2.0 aperture and optical image stabilization with a secondary 13MP monochrome sensor. As usual with this kind of system, image data from both sensor is combined for...

A potentially useful, though often misunderstood feature of the Import screen, is the Make a Second Copy To checkbox located in the File Handling panel. The useful part is the automated copying of the memory card to a second drive. The misunderstood part is that some people think it&#8217;s a long-term backup solution (and it&#8217;s not).
The reason for its existence is to provide a means to make a backup of your memory card at the same moment you&#8217;re copying your photos to your primary working storage location. This gives you peace of mind to format your memory card knowing that you have (at least) two other copies of those photos on two different drives. In my case, I have my working photos stored on an external...

Greetings from San Francisco (I&#8217;m here for my seminar tomorrow, but today I&#8217;m at Adobe HQ meeting with some of the Lightroom Team). Speaking of the Lightroom team (how&#8217;s that for a segue?) here&#8217;s Lightroom team member Benjamin Warde with another another 60-seconds or less &#8220;Lightroom Coffee Break&#8221; tip:
Thanks, Benjamin (I think that tip is particularly helpful).
Looking forward to seeing a bunch of you tomorrow at my seminar here in San Francisco. We&#8217;re gonna have a packed house! Can&#8217;t wait to share all my latest Lightroom stuff!
Have a great Tuesday everybody!
Best,
-Scott
The post Choosing Where Your Sync&#8217;d Images From LR Mobile Your Phone are Stored on Your Desktop Computer appeared first on Lightroom...

I&#8217;m not talking about backing up your photos (that&#8217;s a completely a separate topic), I&#8217;m talking about backing up your database of edits and organization (known as your Lightroom catalog). Here&#8217;s why backing up your catalog is so important:
One day, you could start Lightroom just like usual, but get a warning message that your catalog is corrupt (see below):
Or worse, you might just get a dialog that says &#8220;This catalog could not be opened due to an unexpected error&#8221; and your only choices will be to:
(a) try it again (unlikely that it will suddenly work, but certainly worth a try, right?)
(b) Quit and start sobbing quietly, or
(c) choose a different catalog &#8217;cause this one is dead (btw: that&#8217;s the only...

Happy Friday, everybody!
This coming week I&#8217;ll beÂ teaching my LightroomÂ seminars in LA (Monday), San Francisco (Wednesday), and Seattle (Friday). It&#8217;s not too late to come spend the day with me digging deep into Lightroom.
Anyway, this is from a post that Matt wrote back in 2010 where he listed some great ideas for Smart Collections, so I wanted to share those (and get some of your ideas, so please share yours in the comments below). Best one wins a signed copy of my &#8220;How do I do that in Lightroom?&#8221; book. In the meantime, here&#8217;s Matt&#8217;s 5 Smart Collection ideas:
> Smart Collection Idea #1: PSD Files
Any image edited in Photoshop means it was taken to the next level. Since I&#8217;ll usually want to get back to...

Following up on my post from last week on copyright status, here&#8217;s another tip on the use of smart collections to help you manage your catalog over time. In that post I mentioned what I call my &#8220;Catalog Dashboard,&#8221; which is simply a set of useful smart collections that track certain aspects of my catalog as it grows.
I named it with a leading underscore so that it stays at the top of my collections, and within it are a few sub-collection sets for organizational purposes. The copyright status smart collection is under the Metadata Data collection set, but the one I want to share today is all about file types. Lightroom supports JPG, TIF, PSD, DNG, (some) Video, and an ever-growing number of proprietary...